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WTF do they think is going to happen to #schools?

#Trump admin to announce dismantling of much of #Education Dept
The Education Dept plans to announce Tuesday that it will move multiple parts of the agency to other federal depts, an unprecedented & unilateral effort to dismantle an agency created by #Congress to ensure all Americans have #EqualAccess to educational #opportunity & better coordinate federal programs.

#law #SeparationOfPowers #FederalFunding #PublicSchools
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/11/18/trump-administration-announce-dismantling-much-education-dept/

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · yesterday

The move was described by 3 people ahead of the announcement. 2 of these people said 6 offices within the dept would be shifted elsewhere; the 3rd person said it was at least 2.
#Trump signed an EO in March seeking to close the dept & asked #Education Secy Linda McMahon to work with #Congress to do so. The agency, which was created in 1979, has long been derided by conservatives as unnecessary & ineffective. But Congress has not acted on or seriously considered Trump’s request.

#law

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · yesterday

McMahon has acknowledged that only #Congress can eliminate the dept but vowed to do everything in her power to dismantle it from within.

An #Education Dept spox did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday.
Supporters of the dept say that the agency is effective in coordinating multiple aspects of education in one place & keeping priorities important to #students, #parents & #schools high on the federal agenda.

#Trump #law #SeparationOfPowers #FederalFunding #PublicSchools

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · yesterday

Offices that could be moved out of the agency include the Office for #CivilRights, which investigates allegations of #discrimination on the basis of #race, #sex & #disability; the Office of #SpecialEducation & #RehabilitativeServices, which administers the $15 billion Individuals with Disabilities Act program; & the #Indian #Education program; the Office of #Elementary & #Secondary Education, which administers #K12 #grant programs; & the Office of #Postsecondary Education.

#Trump #law #Congress

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · yesterday

Federal #law directs that these programs be housed in the #Education Dept. The #Trump admin is employing a work-around, the people briefed on the matter said, whereby other government agencies would run the Education programs under a contract with the Education Dept. The people spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the changes.

#Congress #SeparationOfPowers #FederalFunding #PublicSchools

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · yesterday

The #Trump admin laid the groundwork for this change earlier this year when it signed an agreement to move career, technical & adult education grants out of the #Education Dept to the #Labor Dept. Under the arrangement, Education retains oversight & leadership while managing the programs alongside Labor, a way of sidestepping the federal #statute.

#law #Congress #SeparationOfPowers #FederalFunding #PublicSchools

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